Abortion Deaths - PQ

Each woman's story includes whatever documentation I can find to substantiate her death.

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Linda Padfield, June 18, 1973 Age: 28 First of two similar cases with Dr. Benjamin Munson, Rapid City, SD Sepsis from mutilated fetus left in uterus; acquitted of manslaughter Madeline Paffrath, July 21, 1907 Age: c. 21 Two midwives implicated; outcome of cases unknown to me Mary Ann Page, December 29, 1977 Age: 36 Cardiac arrest during abortion at unspecified facility Mary Ann Page , March 27, 1940 Age: 20 Physician implicated; outcome of case unknown to me Anna Palanski, July, 1943 Age: 20 Midwife named in deathbed statement; outcome of case unknown to me Elizabeth Palumbo, May 23, 1929 Age: 24 Dr. Amante Rongetti, out on bail pending new trial for previous abortion death Margaret Pank, February 24, 1915 Unidentified perpetrator Mary Paradowski, December 20, 1926 Age: 23 Midwife indicted; outcome of case unknown to me Mary Paredez, April 19, 1977 Age: 26 Uterus perforated during abortion at San Jose Hospital Hemorrhage death Berter Mae Parish, July 18, 1918 Physician arrested; outcome of case unknown to me Patricia Parish, September 8, 1947 Age: 26 Unspecified abortifacient obtained from undisclosed source Mary Park August 14, 1917 Age: 24 Dr. Nicholas J. Phelan acquitted for reason of insanity Dr. E.L. Willis convicted of murder "Sherryl Parker", November 22, 1978 Age: 18 Verified self-induced with pennyroyal oil May Parmenter, June 10, 1891 Age: 21 Unspecified physician; outcome of case unknown to me Viola Parr, March 1, 1919 Age: 24 Dr. W. G. Waters convicted Holly Patterson September 17, 2003 Age: 18 Sepsis from medication abortion at Planned Parenthood, Riverside, CA Lizzie Paulson, November 24, 1907 Age: 38 Possible lay abortionist; outcome of case unknown to me Shirley Payne, January 4, 1983 Age: 33 Last of four deaths at Women's Care Clinic Bled to death from perforated uterus Counted as illegal abortion death by CDC because Dr. Hipolito Barreiro was not actively licensed Agnes Pearson, July 29, 1941 Age: 34 Two physicians charged; charges dismissed for reasons not provided in documents Christina Pearson, December 24, 1908 Age: 38 Physician charged; outcome of case unknown to me Mary Peckman, February 19, 1916 Age: 24 Unidentified perpetrator Mary Pena, December 16, 1984 Age: 43 3rd of 16 deaths at NAF member chain Family Planning Associates Bled to death from cervical lacerations Lavern Perez, January 28, 1943 Age 22 Dr. Henry Gross convicted of manslaughter Second dead patient in one month time span DaNette Pergusson, February 11, 1992 Age: 19 High-risk abortion done as outpatient by Dr. Robert Tamis Blood clots in lungs Selma Perry, March 9, 1952 Age 19 Lay abortionists Clarence Mueller and Elsie Schaff convicted Carrie Person, March 25, 1909 Age: 37 Midwife Caroline Meyer also under indictment of another abortion death Hung jury Grace Peters, April 10, 1912 Age: 38 Undetermined if self-induced or other perpetrator Erika Peterson, July 23, 1961 Age: 28 Legal abortion for maternal indications Cardiac arrest Ida Peterson, September 10, 1908 Age 27 Possible lay abortionist; outcome of case unknown to me Sophie Peterson, November 30, 1926 Age: 34 Physician indicted; outcome of case unknown to me Carolina Petritz, March 19, 1916 Age: 30 Midwife implicated; outcome of case unknown to me Juliet Pottinger , January 7, 1901 Age: 21 Dr. Maggie Becker convicted Magdalena Philippi, March 16, 1869 Dr. Gabriel Wolff not prosecuted due to inability to prove quickening Law changed to remove prosecutorial barrier Ruth Phillips, June 25, 1882 Age: 20 Father arrested for incestuous rape and abortion; final outcome of case unknown to me Marie Pickles, December 19, 1921 Age: 18 Nurse or midwife implicated; outcome of case unknown to me Beulah Pickerill, August 13, 1922 Age: 21 Two physicians named in deathbed statement; outcome of case unknown to me Mary Pichman, February 19, 1915 Age: 24 Unidentified perpetrator Catherine Pierce, October 10, 1989 Age: 27 Sloppy anesthesia practices by Dr. Daniel McBrayer at Atlanta Surgi-Center In coma 7 months until death Nina Pierce February 15, 1925 Age: 22 13th of 18 deaths linked to Dr. Lucy Hagenow Gertrude Pinsky, April 4, 1954 Age: 35 Dr. Hugo Francese convicted of first-degree manslaughter Ida Pomering, March 23, 1905 Age: 30 Physician or midwife implicated; outcome of case unknown to me Carrie Pollison, March 12, 1915 Unidentified perpetrator Katrina Poole, December 6, 1988 Age: 16 Unspecified physician's office Discharged with uterine perforations; bled to death Genevieve Popjoy, September 12, 1917 Age: 20 Unidentified perpetrator Bettye Porter, June 17, 1953 Age: 24 Lay abortionist Norman Wade Austin convicted Emma Post, June 11, 1857 Age: 20 Physician implicated; outcome of case unknown to me Yvette Poteat, July 29, 1985 Age: 26 Dr. Marion Dorn Jr., The Ladies Clinic Failure to diagnose ectopic pregnancy Anna Pozajevich, November 23, 1909 Age: 24 Possible lay abortionist arrested; outcome of case unknown to me Mary Prestkiewicz , 1909 Age: 17 Physician implicated; outcome of case unknown to me Vanessa Preston January 22, 1980 Age: 22 Dr. Curtis Boyd, Dallas, TX Embolism-triggered clotting disorder; hemorrhage death Ida Prochnow, February 20, 1906 Age: 35 Midwife arrested; outcome of case unknown to me Emily Projahn, October 9, 1916 Age: 33 Physician implicated; case stricken off for reasons not provided Mary Putnam, March 14, 1905 Age: 27 10th of 18 deaths linked to Dr. Lucy Hagenow Outcome of case unclear Molly Quinby, May 31, 1915 Last of 7 self-induced abortions by unspecified means	* The Colonial Era The 19th Century The 1900s The 1910s The 1920s The 1930s The 1940s The 1950s The 1960s The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s The 2000s The 2010s	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O PQ R S T UV WXYZ Jane Roes